( Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey addressing a virtual training programme on Covid Critical Care )
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Patna : With 2,568 more persons testing positive for Covid-19 in the state on May 26, the Active cases count in Bihar further dropped to 28,447 on May 27, 2021, down from 30,992 the previous day. A total of 2,603 persons had tested positive for Covid-19 in the state on May 25, 2021.
Bihar recorded 98 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the tally to 4,943 in the state on May 27, 2021. The recovery rate (RR) of Covid-19 patients improved to 95.24% in Bihar on May 27 from 94.87% on May 26, 2021, according to State Health Department figure.
The state has so far recorded 7,00,897 Covid-19 cases of which 6,67,506 patients have been declared cured including 5,015 in last 24 hours. Bihar has tested 2,95,34,428 samples so far including 1,22,126 samples on May 26, 2021.
The 2,568 new Covid-19 cases included 369 in Patna, 151 in Gopalganj, 136 in Begusarai, 128 in Muzaffarpur, 121 in Samastipur, 118 in Kishanganj, 111 in Araria, 108 in Supaul, 107 in Vaishali, 85 in Nalanda, 84 in Siwan, 82 in East Champaran, 80 in Purnia, 79 in Darbhanga, 70 in Gaya, 69 in West Champaran, 65 in Saran, 61 in Madhepura, and 54 in Katihar.
The 98 new Covid-19 deaths included 10 in Madhubani, 9 in Siwan, 8 in Rohtas, 6 in Patna, 5 in Muzaffarpur, 5 in Saran, 5 in Begusarai, 5 in Nawada, 5 in Khagaria, 4 in East Champaran, 4 in Purnia,4 in Arwal, 4 in Buxar, 3 in Samastipur, 3 in Sheohar, 3 in Darbhanga, 2 in West Champaran, 2 in Saharsa, 2 in Supaul, 2 in Araria, 2 in Katihar,
With this, the Covid-19 toll rose to 1,179 in Patna, 314 in West Champaran, 283 in Muzaffarpur, 184 in Gaya, 176 in Darbhanga, 176 in Saran, 131 in Rohtas, 126 in Siwan, 120 in Madhubani, 118 in East Champaran, 116 in Begusarai, 93 in Nwada, 92 in Samastipur, 83 in Banka, 78 in Buxar, 66 in Jehanabad, 65 in Araria, 59 in Supaul, 54 in Purnia, 45 in Arwal, 45 in Katihar, 39 in Saharsa, 37 in Aurangabad, 37 in Khagaria, 26 in Kishanganj, and 15 in Sheohar.